Jan

Dear Families,

Happy New Year! I hope this message finds you well as we step into 2025 with excitement and purpose. The new year is already off to a fantastic start, and I want to thank everyone who joined us for our Robotics Open House this past week. It was inspiring to see so many students, families, and community members engaging with our talented robotics team and exploring the incredible work they’ve been doing. Your support makes all the difference, and we are so proud of their achievements!

I also have to mention our student-staff jam session. What an incredible way for our students to share space with teachers who are talented musicians. Hearing them play Pearl-Jam and Neil Young together was awesome!

Looking ahead, I am thrilled to remind you about our Middle School production of Newsies this weekend! Our students and staff have worked tirelessly and I know it’s going to be a performance to remember. Performances will be held in the auditorium on Friday at 7:00 PM, Saturday at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Be sure to get your tickets and come cheer on our talented performers!

Thank you, as always, for your continued partnership and support. Here’s to a wonderful year ahead filled with learning, growth, and community.

Brenda Erhardt

PMHS Principal

Please visit PRSD.org/HOF to nominate a Pentucket Employee, an Alumni or a Benefactor to help recongize those who have done tremendous work for students and our community!

Nominations are open between January 1 and April 1, 2025

Tickets for the middle school production of Newsies Jr. are on sale at prsd.ludus.com.

Newsies JR. is a high-energy, family-friendly musical adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit Newsies. Set in turn-of-the-century New York City, it tells the inspiring story of Jack Kelly, a charismatic newsboy who rallies a ragtag group of young newsies to stand up against powerful newspaper publishers in a fight for fair wages.

Seniors celebrate the first “Pop Up” holiday celebration with a hot chocolate bar and holiday movie in the auditorium!

On Thursday, Pentucket’s Middle School Math Team won its third consecutive meet with a score of 132 points! Leading the way for the Panthers was Mae Kesner who was the highest scorer at the meet with 18 points. She scored perfectly in Number Theory, Arithmetic, and Algebra. Mae has scored perfectly in every competition so far this year! Elliott Borne and Claire Champion scored 16 points each. Elliott scored perfectly in Arithmetic and Algebra and was the highest 7th grade scorer. Claire scored perfectly in Mystery and Algebra. Lily Truong and Griffin Iarrobino scored 14 points each. Lily scored perfectly in Mystery and Algebra while Griffin scored perfectly in Mystery. Griffin was the second highest 7th grade scorer at the meet. Finally, Connor Stamos, a 5th grader from Donaghue School, scored 12 points which was the best score of any 5th grader and tied for 9th place at the meet. He scored perfectly in Number Theory.

Señora DeGrenier’s Honors Spanish II classes made piñatas this past December as part of their learning unit “Christmas in Mexico”. Students learned about the Christmas parties in Mexico and the meaning of them. They were very interested in learning this cultural part of Mexico and they were also very excited about building piñatas. They had lots of fun when they broke the piñatas and caught all the candy and fruits that parents kindly donated to our classes. Students ended the celebration with hot cocoa and some pastries in the classroom for the cold weather. They were so creative and did an amazing job building the piñatas! Please check out these fun pictures!

We have a very special guest speaker on January 15th - NY Times best-selling author, Jessica Lahey. Please join us!

The schoolwide DUES DRIVE begins on Friday 1/3/25 and ends on Friday 1/31/25.

Each year the classes collect “dues” in the amount of $37.50 (a four-year total $150.00). Class dues are used for class activities and events such as the senior outing, prom, senior banquet, caps and gowns, etc. In order to attend senior events (prom, banquet, graduation) the dues need to be paid in full. If you are unsure how much you have already paid for class dues, please check in with your class advisor(s).

Please see the class pages for payment information.

Please click here to register!

Upcoming School Committee Meetings:

January 14th

February 4th

February 25th

March 4th

March 18th

April 15th

May 6th

June 3rd

*****All meetings begin at 6:00pm and are held in the middle/high school building

**A complete list of School Committee Meeting is available on the PRSD website**

Meeting Time 6:45am-7:15am

The School Council Meets the second Thursday of each month. Please see the PRMHS website for agendas